The President of the People's Party, Vuk Jeremić, said that the proposal for a resolution on the introduction of sanctions against Russia in the National Assembly is a "cuckoo's egg" of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who is lying to the opposition, with the intention of dividing the opposition parties and creating confusion among the citizens.
"It is scandalous to say before the election that you are against sanctions, and after the election to turn the turkey upside down - let that serve to the honor of those who are ready to tell one story before the election and another after it," said Jeremić at the election assembly of the Municipal Committee of the People's Party Zemun.
"What is much worse is that now, by going directly to Vučić's hand, the opposition is laying a coward's egg with the intention of dividing it." The People's Party will not participate in that," said Jeremić.
"We cannot conduct a reasoned debate on this issue before Vučić in the Serbian Parliament informs the deputies and the public what exactly Serbia is being threatened with, i.e. why we would have to impose sanctions on Russia despite the clear negative political consequences that this step could have for solving the Kosovo problem".
Jeremić believes that "the stories that 'the sky will fall' and that a large-scale catastrophe will occur if Serbia does not impose sanctions on Russia do not seem credible." Eight months have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine, and none of the threats in this regard have come true so far - investors have not withdrawn from Serbia, nor have there been any other significant consequences," added Jeremić.
He also announced that "the People's Party will not cooperate with the Vučić regime. As far as we are concerned, the main political division in Serbia is between those who are ready to collaborate with the regime and those who are not. The People's Party is not that".
He also assessed that it is likely that special elections will be held by the end of 2023 and that the task of the People's Party is to "bring victory to the people". "It is important to understand that today in Serbia the topic is not ideology, the war in Ukraine or climate change. The most important thing is to fight for our freedom, our soul, our dignity, our freedom and the future of our children, and to do it by the end of 2023," concluded Jeremić.
S.Ć./FoNet
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